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Mr. Wizard's World

Season 4 1987 - 1988
TV-G

  • 1987-01-08T20:00:00Z on Nickelodeon
  • 25m
  • 6h 15m (15 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Children
With the help of his young assistants, Mr. Wizard starts each episode with a demonstration that at first glance should be impossible, but is actually based firmly on basic scientific principles. Mr. Wizard's explanations are aimed at kids, but are in-depth enough to be educational and interesting for anyone. His experiments are usually kept simple enough for parents and kids to re-create at home.

15 episodes

Solar Cookers, Kitchen Helix, Siphons, Tornado, Computer Metrics Madness, Pendulum Coupled, Tomato - Fruit or Vegetable, Cabbage Indicator. SOLAR COOKERS: Christian is going to use the heat of the sun to cook food for breakfast. KITCHEN HELIX: You're looking up inside a kitchen helix, a spiral-like, curved line that forms circles of increasing size around a center. What is this?

TALKING HEAD ILLUSIONS: Jackie walks into the room and is greeted by Christian whose head appears to be on a platter.
MOSQUITO ON SKIN: Do mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others?
WATER INTO UPSIDE DOWN GLASS: Darren fills a kitchen syringe with water from an aquarium.
OSCILLOSCOPE - RADIO WAVES: Mr. Wizard shows Leila an oscilloscope. She defines oscillate: to move back and forth and scope.
CUBES - OPEN UP QUIZ: Mr. Wizard shows Laurie several forms that she has to determine if they will fold up into cubes.
COOKIES: The physical and chemical changes that occur when cookies are heated are discussed.
DOWEL THROUGH BLOCK: Mr. Wizard and Christian discuss the role of inertia with the ways to put a new head on a hammer.
BLACK BEARS OF MAINE: A black bear cub found abandoned and reported to the Inland Fisheries Wildlife Department of the State of Maine.
METAL DETECTOR: Mr. Wizard explains to Darren that the battery in a metal detector can be adjusted to balance two coils.

Fun with Lasers, Archaeological Dig, and more. Darren dissolves some starch in a glass of water and adds iodine + 2 other ingredients. There is a change and a chemical reaction - see what happens!

Moon Rocks, Manatees, and more. Ashley examines a black bottle with a black balloon on top and a white bottle with a white balloon on the top. The black balloon is inflated. Mr. Wizard explains what happens.

Air/Water Bottle Rocket, Solitaire, and more. Mr. Wizard explains to Daniel how the water/air bottle rocket is released. They then pump in air, release it, and note how high it goes. In this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Air/Water Bottle Rocket, Spiral Reverse, Collapse Soda Can, Model of Steam Engine, Logic Solitaire, Quick Quiz, Blow Top off Pill Bottle, Missing Square and PH Indicator and Challenge.

Earth's Circumference, Lightning, and more. Mr. Wizard does a demonstration with Giselle using a large, round wooden tabletop and they note the measurements of the shadows cast by lengths of straws on the perimeter of the circle.

CO2 Cave Glass. Mr. Wizard is going to explain how a cloud is formed and Loral has to decide whether the explanation is correct. BOILING RACE: Equal amounts of water are poured into two glass saucepans.

Northern Lights, Gas Pressure, and more. Shan is going on a safari in a freshwater pond and Mr. Wizard shows her a supply of tools she is going to use to gather and inspect her catches. In this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Microscopic Safari Part 1 and 2, Gas Pressure and Temperature, White-Tailed Deet, Cantilevered Books, Collapsed Soda Bottle, Longer than Tall, Northern Lights, and Coordinated Systems.

Black Bears of NC, Rainbow Shelter, and more. Shan knows that the primary colors in pigments are red, blue, and yellow and in light they are red, blue, and green. Mr. Wizard does a demonstration with light. In this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Colored Shadows, Corn Starch Slap, Rainbow Shelter, Periodic Motions, Paper Flower Opens, Breathing Measurements, Coin on Hoops into Bottles, Black Bears of NC, and Sun Water Purifier.

Flame Test, Running Backwards, and more. Maria believes her eyes are more sensitive to light than her ears are sensitive to sounds because she can see many different colors. In this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Eyes vs. Ears, Northern Lights, Egg Osmosis, Propeller Cart, Egg Osmosis Part 2, Flame Test, T-Puzzle, Running Backward, Finger Snap Identification, and Paper Cup Challenge.

Einstein Illusion, Magnetic Fields, and more. Mr. Wizard uses a microscope as a tool for magnification and challenges Tyler. Mr. Wizard zooms the lens so that 2.5 mm is visible on the screen and Tyler calculates the magnification.

Floating Candle, Lake Superior, and more. Mr. Wizard explains what a million is and shows Michael a box of 252 sugar cubes. He then uses a mathematical direction to calculate how high a stack of that many boxes it would take to make a million.

Radioactivity, Salt vs. Sugar, and more. Damon assumes that the bottle Mr. Wizard is shaking is not plain water because he can see bubbles of gas in it. When they remove the cap, the liquid bubbles out onto the counter.

Dinosaur Bones, Fruit Fly Center, and more. Mr. Wizard is swinging something at the end of a long rope. In this episode, Mr. Wizard shows the Doppler Effect, Carpet Puzzle, Blow Torch Jet, Fruit Fly Center, Ruler Roarer, Testing for Glucose, Clean Up Oil with Elastol, Piano Stool Spin, What's This, and Dinosaur Bones.

Moon Phase, Water Pressure, and more. With a tabletop planetarium Mr. Wizard and Shan revue the motions of the Earth and Moon as they revolve around the Sun. In this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Moon Phase, Water Pressure, Blue Grouse, Buttons on a String Puzzle, Stomach Acid Color Changes, Garden Hose Mystery, Hovercraft, Washer on String Off Finger, and Estimating Balls.

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